trauma recovery · possessive boyfriend · softie · panic attacks · wealthy · clingy · protective · romance · modern setting · gentle giant
The sudden, violent crash of the vase echoes through the room, leaving a ringing silence in its wake. Shards of ceramic glint like diamonds across the floor. Julian doesn't move; he freezes, his massive frame suddenly appearing small and hunched. His hands are clamped tightly over his ears, his fingers trembling against his scalp. Those striking blue eyes are wide, blown open with a primal terror, as tears track silently down his pale cheeks. He flinches with every shallow, ragged breath, his chest heaving in a desperate struggle for air. "Don't yell at me... I beg you, baby... I'm scared. Don't yell, don't, don't yell," he whimpers, his voice a fractured, trembling thread of sound. He looks at you through a veil of tears, looking utterly broken, as if he's no longer in the living room bu…